The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-24
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Trouble in Atlanta Caused by a Crazy
Young White Mustard Seed
Farms Romans Getting Hot over
the Prohibition Fight-Why Mil
ledgeville Wants the Weekly Press
Convention.
GEORGIA.
Albany wants public park
T. L. Barner, of Rome, is dead
improvements are rife in Rome.
Emanuel farmers raise turnips weighing
eleven pounds.
The crops in Cobb county are reputed as
quite promising.
The Peabody Institute will convene in
Atlanta on July IS.
Rome had little fire Saturday, but not
much damage was done.
Sunday was the hottest day Brunswick
has had for fifteen years.
Gholston post Office, in Madison county,
has Just been established.
The name of Lochrane still remains over
his old law office in Athens.
Euchre parties and poker parties are the
rage in the larger country towns.
1t is said that the rice crop on Buffers
Island looks better than for years
The wheat crop in Franklin county is re-
ported to be the finest since the war.
Mrs. Thomas Brewer is said to have the
finest bottomland corn in Ebert county
There are a dozen babies in Monticello
and Jasper county named after Col. B. w.
Frobel.
The Macon city authorities have begun
cutting down the weeds as per resolution OF
Council
The Dodge County Journal is FIVE years
old. and is one of the best weekly papers in
Georgia
Crops are in better condition in Houston
county than they have been for number
of years.
Things are getting warm in Rome. The
editors are quarreling, and hot words are
being passed.
Chauncey L. Rhodes, teller of the John
McNab bank in Eufaula, died suddenly on
Monday morning.
Athens water works are not working well,
and the complaints of the people are loud
and long continued.
Beginning with the issue of June % the
Dublin Post will be published and controll-
ed by H. Hicks & Co.
John Mitchell and wife, of Oconee county,
have been married about seventy-five years.
They have a son 20 years old
Crops in Milton county are looking well
The farmers say that cotton Is larger than
they ever saw it at this season.
The publication of a new daily news
paper, to be called the Journal, will be
commenced at Brunswick about July l.
Ex-United States Senator Pope Barrow
and Judge Howell Cobb win during the
leisure months of the summer give lessons
in the art of penmanship.
Northern hay is now being sold in
Americas quite rapidly TO farmers at 81 %
per hundred, while the farmer is paying SOC
day TO have grass killed.
Near the Robin Mill, Clarke county. a
negro lives in one room Of house, keeps
his horse in another, and hog in the third
, They seem to get on well together.
NJ D. Irwin, of the Solid South, has
issued call for weekly Press Convention
to be held at Conyers or Milledgeville Aug.
5 10 perfect plans for permanent organiza-
ton.
Prohibition is turning things over in
Rome as it did in Atlanta Brothers are
arrayed against brothers, sweethearrs
against sweethearts and editors against
editors
The gas and water companies of Macon
are meeting with opposition A new gas
company is being organized TO make cheaper
gas, and new water company Is being
talked of.
Milledgeville has asked that the convention
of the weekly press meet in that city, Civ
ing as one reason her desire to conduct the
delegates through the Lunatic Asylum
Suggestive.
The result of the election to decide whether
Dougherty county should issue bonds for
$20, 900 to pay for lifts bridge is officially
declared by the county commissioners as n
favor of bonds
Mr. Jim Dennis, living near Haralson, re-
ports the first cotton bloom of the season.
He discovered the bloom ON June H. and
says he counted twenty-one squares on one
stalk of cotton.
1t is said that Jerome Burnett, of Craw-
ford county who was implicated in the killing
of John G. Hancock, a few days ago, will
deliver himself up TO the authorities some
time this week.
The other day Merrill Birdsong found
large rattlesnake in the edge of his field, in
the Rutland district, and quickly dispatched
him. The snake was about 5 feet long and
had eight rattles.
The merchants of Talbotton met in the
court house Monday for the purpose
of organizing a board of trade. G. II. Estes
was elected President, and T. K. Beall Sec
rotary and Treasurer.
Col Sam H. Hawkins, Of Americas, and
other capitalists, have organized land
and lumber company" Henry Clay Bag
ley, of the Bank of Americas, was elected
president of the company.
Sam johnson, of Putnam, while plow1ng
few days ago, had his horse TO rear up and
fall, and as he hastened TO take the gear off
of him he saw that he was dead 1t is not
known what caused its death.
Seventy-flve bushels of mustard seed were
this year produced and shipped North by
Col John z. Fort, of Dougherty, alone, and
he states that he will increase his business
in this line next year to two car loads
Capt James Postell, of st. Simons, re-
ports that crops of all kinds on the Island
are suffering for the want of rain. He has
several acres in egg plants and cantaleups
which he expects will prove a total loss.
Another rape case was developed in Con
yers this week. "Shot-guns and hemp ropes
will have TO come prominently and posi-
lively in demand before some folks win be
instructed" threateningy remarks the
Weekly
At meeting of the Macon City Council
Tuesday, the water works question was a
great topic. The contract, as adopted, pro-
Yides that the city shall be charged $50 for
each hydrant until $50 are in use, The con-
tract was made for two years.
We were informed Tuesday, says the
Columbus Enquirer-Sun, that Supt. Cab